Norcross, Georgia , USA —August 26, 2009 —ERDAS Inc. announces that GISTRAIN is now the official ERDAS distributor to customers in Yemen. Based in Aden , Yemen , GISTRAIN was founded in 2006.

As an ERDAS distributor, GISTRAIN will promote and sell ERDAS solutions, as well as provide professional support to end-users. Services include software maintenance, training, consulting and software installation.

"ERDAS is one of the leading companies in the field of information systems, with a unique ability to connect all areas of geospatial information, including GIS, remote sensing and GPS technologies. ERDAS provides users with significant solutions, such as ERDAS IMAGINE and ERDAS APOLLO,” said Mr. Saber AL Tamimi, General Manager, GISTRAIN. “As a professional company that specializes in GIS, we understand the advantages provided by ERDAS products and services. As an ERDAS distributor, we will provide Yemen customers access to this technology. We are delighted to collaborate with ERDAS.”

Through sales, support and services teams, GISTRAIN will help develop and grow the market.

“We are excited to have GISTRAIN as our distributor in Yemen ,” said Thomas Bayer, Vice President EMEA, ERDAS. “GISTRAIN provides market reach to ERDAS users in this part of the world, ensuring the comprehensive support of our products and services.”

For more information about ERDAS, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit http://www.erdas.com.

About ERDAS

ERDAS – The Earth to Business Company – helps organizations harness the information of the changing earth for greater advantage.

ERDAS creates geospatial business systems that transform our earth’s data into business information, enabling individuals, businesses and public agencies to quickly access, manage, process and share that information from anywhere.

Using secure geospatial information, ERDAS solutions improve employee, customer and partner visibility to information, enabling them to respond faster and collaborate better. It also means better decision-making, increased productivity and new revenue streams.

ERDAS is a part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden . For more information about ERDAS or its products and services, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit www.erdas.com.



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ERDAS Inc.
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